Game board



April 13 1926 F' J- ONEILL GAME BOARD" Filed Jam 8. 1926 Patented pr.13, 1926.

UNITED is T A'TES FRANCIS J. ONEILL, 0F

GAME

Application led January To all yLoi/0:11, t may concern:

Beit known that '1, FRANCIS J. ONEILL, a citizenof vthe United States,residing at Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State oflV-iseonsin, have invented a new and useful Game Board, of which thefollowing is a specification. v f

This invention relates to .a game board, one ofthe objects of theinvention being to provide a device of this character with which marblesare to be used as game pieces, ithe board being provided with an openingconstituting a target at which the marbles are to be thrown. Means areemployed for accinnulating marbles which `fail to .hit the target andadditional means are provided whereby, when amarble ente-rs the holeconstituting the target, lone or more of the acciunulated marbles willbe released and lthus constitute points `tovbeaddedv kto the score ofthe player. Y

lVith fthe foregoing fand other objects in view which -will appear lasthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details .of construction, hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing` from the spirit of theinvention.

-In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings,

Figure l is a plan view of the game board, a portion thereof beingbroken away. y

Figure 2 is a sectionon line 2-,2 Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3 Figure Yl.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates aboX-likecasing preferably open at the bottom and provided at the topclose to but slightly below the top edges of the walls of the casing,with an inclined board 2 provided, near its center, with an opening 3sulliciently large to receive the marbles constituting thev game pieces.An inclined trough 4 is arranged along but below the lower'v edge of theboard 2 so as to receive any marbles which may roll oill of the board.An opening 5 is formed in the trough near one end-thereof, this openingbeing too small to permit a game piece to fall therethrough. The lowerend of the trough :is spaced from the adjacent 1,580,565. PATENT OFFICE.

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

BOARD.

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wall ofthe casing 1 and is overhung by a ldeflecting tongue An outletopening 7 is 'provided In one wall of the casing l close to the lowerAend of the trough and leading ytoward this -out- .let is a chute 3which is fastened under the board 2 so as to receive a marble passingthrough the opening 3 and directly toward the outlet 7.'

Pivotally mounted in va bracket 9 secured to the bottom of the board 2is a lever l0 having a short arm 11 which vis extended under th-eopening 3. Another arm l2 .isextended under the lower end portion of thetrough 4 und has a lug 13 extending upwardly therefrom and noriiiallydisposed below the opening' 5 in the trough. A deflecting wall let ismounted on one corner portion of the board 2 close to but abovethe'lowerend of the trough so that any game piecesrolling toward the lower end ofthe trough will be deflected so as to fallonto thetrough at a pointbetween the upper end thereofand' the opening 5. 4

In playing the gaine a marble is tossed onto the board 2 and if it fails,to enter the opening 3 it will roll downwardly into the trough fl andthen roll along the trough until it comes to the opening 5 whereupon itwill become seated in the opening as shown in Figures 2 and 3v whereinthe marble has been shown atM. Other marbles are then used and each timethe opening 3 is missed, the marble will roll into the trough 4 andremain therein back of the marble which is located in the aperture 5.Thereafter should one of the marbles drop through the opening k3 itwould strike the arm 1l of lever 10 and cause it to swing downwardly.Thus said marble will drop into the chute 8 and roll downwardly to theoutlet 7. At the same time th-e arm 12 of the lever will be swungupwardly so'that the lug 13 Iwill come against the bottom portionof themarble M which is seated in opening 5 and will lift said marble from theopening. vThus the marble -will be permitted to roll ofi' of the end ofthe trough 4 and drop into the lower portion of the chute 8 so as topass into the opening 7. Consequently the player will be credited withthe marble which was thrown through the opening 3 and also the marblewhich was released from the opening 5. Another marble will take theplace of the one dislodged from the opening 5 so that' the device isthus reset. The deflbecting strip G serves to prevent the marble 5 frombeing thrown upwardly ofi: oit the board.

As shown in the drawings the board 2 can be provided with a covering 15ot a sott fabric.

`What is claimed is:

l. A game board including a casing hav ing an outlet opening at thebottom thereof, an inclined board in the casing provided with an openingfor the reception of a game piece, an inclined trough along the loweredge of the board for receiving game pieces therefrom, said troughhaving an aperture adjacent one end tor receiving and retaining a gamepiece directed thereto by the trough, and means operated by the droppingof the game piece through the opening in the board for lifting aretained gaine piece from the aperture in the trough.

2. In a game board the combination with a casing, of an, inclined boardhaving an opening for the reception of a gaine piece,

an inclined trough along the lower ed of the board provided with anaperture for receiving and retaining a gaine piece, a. lever fulcrumedbetween ite ends below the board and having' one arm extending under theopening in the board andthe other arm extending under the aperture inthe trough, Said lever constituting means for actuation by a game piecedirected through the opening in the board, and `means on the lever forlittinga game piece 'from the aperture in the trough when the lever isactuated.

3. A game board including a casing having an outlet openin'g at thebottom thereof, an inclined board in the casing provided with an openingfor the reception of a game piece, an inclined trough along the loweredge of the board for receiving game pieces therefrom, said troughhaving an aperture adjacent one end for receiving and retaining a gamepiece directed thereto by the trough, means operated by the dropping oiIthe game piece through the opening in the board for lifting a retainedgame piece from the aperture in the trough, and means overhanging aportion of the trough for holding the released game piece against upwardejection from the casing.

4f. A game board including a casing having an outlet opening at thebottom thereof, an inclined boa 1d in the casing provided with anopening for the reception of a game piece, an inclined trough along thelower edge of the board for receiving game pieces therefrom, said troughhaving an aperture adjacent one end for receiving and retaining a gamepiece directed thereto by the trough7 means operated by the dropping ofthe game piece through the opening in the board for lifting a retainedgame piece from the aperture in the trough, and means for directing gamepieces from the opening and aperture to the outlet.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature.

FRANCIS J. ONEILL.

